Illuminated marker



E., H. BAUSIVIAN. ILLUMINATED MARKER. APPLICATION FILED DEC.24, I9IZI.

IAQSPQL mumh'u?) EDWARD H. BAUSMN, 0F BALTMORE, MARYLN.

ILLUMINATED Maanen.

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Specificationcf Letters Patent,

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Application led December 24. 19m. @arial No. i.

Toll/ ilzom if may concern:

Be it known that l.,ln\vAni) H. BAUSMAN, a citizen of the- UnitedSta'tes'of America; residing in the city of Baltimore, State ofMaryland. have invented certain new and useful Improvements inIlluminated Markers. of which the following is a specification.

The diiliculty incident to reading automobile name plates. trade-marksand the like, at night or in ill-lighted places is well understood andis'appreciated. The dealers. names and trade-marks ordinarily appear onthe radiator shell near the top. and other insignia might to advantagebe similarly placed.

'lfhe invention relates to means for illuminaiulng a number or naineplate. trademark .olfbther insignia so located. the arrange- "tirentbeing preferably such that the name.

slumber, or other inscription is seen by transmitted. as distinguishedfrom. reflected light, i. e., the light shines through the plate whichis of transparent material such as glass, the source of illuminationbeing located within the shell behind the transparent plate;

- An important 'feature of the invention is that 'it may be applied toany automobile the radiator ot which is enclosed within a shell which isalmost universal practice. More particularly the shell is Vprovided witha transparent plate. in place of the usual name plate. having th desiredinsigniaproduced thereon and the tank which is usually or' sheet metal.is provided with a bowl seated in th'e tank. the bowl or shell being'connected at the. rear or bottom of the cup,4

a water tight tube which runs backward preferably through the tank toserve as a conduit for the wires which supply current to the bulb which'is located in the bowl and serves as a source of 'llumination The toptank of the radiator in any automobile can easily be apertured toreceive the cup or socket at the front side and punched to receive thepipe or conduit in the rear; and these parts can be conveniently seatedin the openings, the joints beingsealed by means of solder or' in anyother convenient manner. The device assembledas illustrated can be. soldas a complete accessory ready to be installed in any car or it isequally available without change. as stock'equipment capablo of beingused by any manufacturer.

ln the accompanyingjdrawings l have illustrated an illuminated naineplate together with theentire equipment duly installed -in a typicalautomobile radiator.

n they drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical central fore and att section through the radiatortank and shelll illustrating the illuminating device, conduit and lightcup in elevation and showing' the nameplate in section; .l r

Figure 2 is a front elevation showing the radiator shell and a portionof the radiator ttiibes fragmentariiy. the 'llame-plate of theiiiivention appearing-g centrally of the fragment illustrated;

y Figure is a vertical central section of. the illuminatingdeviceshowing the cup, the.

conduit and thepipe fitting which connects the same in section, theplug'y and lamp bulb being shown in elevation."

`aperture occupying the .position of the usual4 name plate ortrade-mark. "-lhis aperture in the device of the illustration is coveredby a transparent or translucent plate which may be of glass or othersuitable material and which bears the desired insignia in the 4form ofname. number` trade-mark or the like. the plate being held in positionby any suitable means as a sheet' metal frame 6 apertured at 7 to exposethe insignia on the plate and odset at 8 to provide for the. thicknessof 'theplate. the edge of the frame being' formed into a circumferentialflange 9 whichis riveted` screwed. or bolted or even soldered, to theshell; ln the present instance suitablefrivets are illustrated at 10.Directly back of and 'in alignment with the opening 4 in theshell. thetop tank 2 is apertured at ll. the/aperture being` most convenientlymade circular. the rear wall of the tank is also punched or apertured at12, preferably inl alignment with the axis of the opening. il, or at anyconvenient' point, the hole being of small diameter'and adapted to fitand receive the pipe or conduit to be described; Seated in the opening1l is a 'substantially hemispherical bowl or cup 13 which convenientlyserves as e reector, the

ita l v suoi es to exactly tit the opening il, enel tbe periphery of thecup being provided with eenge le which bears against the outer enrieoeof the tenlsi elonfT the entire periph eryef the opening 1L he refiectorcup or bowl i3 lies e eentrel opening l5 surrounded by e, slmnlr orneolc 16 in which ie seated e lamp soelieplug 17? the contacting surfaceof the plug with 'elle opening 15 being preferebly sealed b ineens ofsolder, the end portion of the pliig being threaded' at 18.

The threaded portien of theA plug 17 is screwed into the mele member 19of e union 20 by 'which the lamp socket l? is secured to the pipe orconduit 2l, the letter being, in tbe form illustrated, provided with:ipermenently attached collar 22 which cooperates will and ie eeetuetiin the female member 23 oi tbe union, the sameV v'being held underpressure by tightening the threaded eonneetion Zei between the twolnienibere of the union. The pipe f 21 was foresaicl passes through tberadiator projecting from tbe rear by way of the opening l2 injwhieh itmay be soldered or'otlierwiee sealed and the wires 25 being led from thebattery or genn tenter through the onduit ere secured to suitableterminals vnot shown in the socket ping i7. The lmnp bulb sented in theeeeket end held therein by' nieene of the usuel bayonet slot commotion 2is illustrated at 2T. The device may be conveniently applied by theniennfeeturer in :in obvious manner without altering the radiatorconstruction except to 'the extent of providing the apertnresreierred toanni. seating the bowl cup lli and conduit 2l therein and afxing'tlietrenepziient nenne-plate 5 over the openil'ig 4 in eleee of the ordinaryneme-plete.

in tne @nee of e machine which is already eeeernblefl, it is desirable,if not necessary. te remove the outer eliell l of the radiator einenlille aperture 4f', if not already providefl. is eut anni the pletesecured over the aperture by rivetingtlie freine 6 to the shellE` Theopening'e .il anelli?, are then out enel the bowl or cup i3 with theoomlnitQl are insertetl in the nie/nner illustratedH the .wires being"nnsseecl llirongfli the Conduit and secured Ito t? n erniinele tbe plug;before the plug' ili elle bowl is seeured te the mele member oiE tbeunion, the ping having been seated in the mele meinbei of the union andthe parte ,eel

having been soldered in the openings l1 and 19 the installation iscomplete, it being merely necessary to replace the radiali/on shell.

lt will thus be apparent es oreseicl that the equipment illustrated maybe not only treated its stock equipment but mey be handled as enzioeeseory, being inserted in any machine without replacen/lent, of anyfeat-ure of the regular construction.

l have thus described specifically and in deteil e single embodiment ofmy invention in the preferred 'form in order that the na.- tre andoperation of the same may be oieerly understood', however, the specificterms herein are used descriptive/ly rather than in e limiting sensi bescope of the invention being defined in the claims.

7Vliet l eleini and de ire to Secure by Let ters Patent is:

l. ln combination with an automobile radiator having :in external shellenel e tank enclosed thereby`r e bowl seetel in the tank, en electricbulb in the bowl, e conduit with Wiring therein leading therefromtlirog'li the tank and it transparent neineplate Secured to the shell inalignment with the bowl and expeserl to illnminetion from the reef by ei'ieble eg'ening in. the Shell. I

lin combi ition with :in automobile radiator emilie; e sliell'nnl etank, e (nip in the iront ot tbe tent; bearing' a lmnp socket, e lampbulb therein. a, conduit leading to the Sockel. e. itl ei.in'fispe.iei1t plete having e legend tlirneon sented in the shell infront of the oep.

S An mitoinobile accessory eonsistingof e emp ln'wing a peripheralHeng-e, seine being.

adapted ier waiter tight engagement with the surtaee oi en automobileradiator tank, a7

lmnp Socket r""ttecl in, the Center of the cup and @conduit connectionwith tbe cup and leading beekH werd from the socket, e. tran'isnerentmember with :i legend thereon and freine for holding Said member inposition on alle radiator shell.

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Pomme mnfffr, Cenere lor wires having e water tightv l lill?

